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2 die following eastern Iowa motorcycle crash

News

July 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Two people have died in a motorcycle accident near LeClaire, in eastern Iowa’s Scott County. The Iowa State Patrol says the driver of the motorcycle, 29-year old Michael P. Dann, and his passenger, 25-year old Trista L. Nath, both of DeWitt, died in the crash that happened at around 7:20-p.m. Saturday.

Officials say the 2016 Harley Davidson cycle they were riding was traveling west on Territorial Road near 277th Street, and rounding a curve, when the motorcycle went out of control and off the traveled portion of road. Dann and Nath were thrown from the cycle and died from their injuries at an area hospital. Neither was wearing a helmet.

The accident remains under investigation.

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MAX HERRINGTON, 85, of Atlantic (Svcs. 7/27/16)

Obituaries

July 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

MAX HERRINGTON, 85, of Atlantic, died Sunday, July 24th, at Atlantic Specialty Care. Graveside services for MAX HERRINGTON will be held 11-a.m. Wed., July 27th, at the Atlantic Cemetery. Roland Funeral Service, in Atlantic has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family is from 10-until 11-a.m. Wed., at the funeral home.; Online condolences may be left to the family at www.rolandfuneralservice.com.

Memorials may be directed to the United Church of Christ of The Diabetes Association.

MAX HERRINGTON is survived by:

His sons – Steve (Deni) Herrington, of Atlantic, and Randy (Jennifer) Herrington, of Clarinda.

7 grandchildren and 3 step grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren and 3 step great-grandchildren.

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TERRY J. RASMUSSEN, 67, of Hamlin (Svcs. 7/25/16)

Obituaries

July 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

TERRY J. RASMUSSEN, 67, of Hamlin, died Thursday, July 21st, at her home in Hamlin. Funeral services for TERRY RASMUSSEN will be held 3-p.m. Monday, July 25th, at the Kessler Funeral Home, in Exira.

Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is from 2-p.m. until the time of service, Monday.

Burial will be in the Exira Cemetery.

TERRY J. RASMUSSEN is survived by:

Her husband – Garry Lee Rasmussen, of Hamlin.

Her children – Joyce, and Gary Rasmussen, both of Exira.

Her brothers – Lloyd Baird, Jr., of Omaha; Jack Baird, of Jefferson; Ronald Baird, of Des Moines; Charles Baird, of Ames, and Julius, and Michael Baird, both of Trenton, MO.

Her sisters – Mary Ann Kennedy, Marsha McClean,  and Linda McGaugh, all from TX.

Her brother-in-law: Jack Rasmussen, of Atlantic.

Other relatives and friends.

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Skyscan Forecast from the NWS for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area (7/24/16)

Weather

July 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Winds N @ 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 87. Light and variable wind becoming east around 5 mph in the morning.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66. East wind around 5 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. South southeast wind 5-10mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy w/a 30% chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low around 70. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: Mostly Cloudy w/a 60% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High near 84.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 89. Our Low for the past 24-hours (Ending at 7-a.m. today) was 70. We received a trace of rainfall Saturday morning. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 93 and the low was 69. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 110 in 1901. The Record Low was 42 in 1905.

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State Baseball Championships in Des Moines: Bracket/Schedule update

Sports

July 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

CLASS 1A STATE TOURNAMENT
Friday’s quarterfinals (7/22)
Remsen St. Mary’s 10, Highland 5
Newman Catholic 12, Nodaway Valley 2 (six innings)
Saturday’s quarterfinals (7/23)
West Sioux 3, Edgewood-Colesburg 2
Don Bosco 11, Tri-Center 1
Thursday’s semifinals (7/28)
11 a.m. — Newman Catholic (33-5) vs. Remsen-St. Mary’s (31-5)
1:30 — West Sioux (26-2) vs. Don Bosco
Saturday’s championship (7/30)
11 a.m. — TBD

CLASS 2A STATE TOURNAMENT
Monday’s quarterfinals (7/25)
11 a.m. — Clear Lake (28-7) vs. Denver (20-15)
1:30 p.m. — Van Buren (23-4) vs. Hinton (23-5)
5 p.m. — Beckman Catholic (24-17) vs. Pleasantville (28-9)
7:30 p.m. — Kuemper Catholic (24-11) vs. Collins-Maxwell/Baxter
Thursday’s semifinals (7/28)
5 p.m. — TBD
7:30 p.m. — TBD
Saturday’s championship (7/30)
1:30 p.m. — TBD

CLASS 3A STATE TOURNAMENT
Tuesday’s quarterfinals (7/26)
11 a.m. — Harlan (27-5) vs. Bishop Heelan Catholic (27-15)
1:30 p.m. — Wahlert (29-14) vs. Solon (21-20)
5 p.m. — Carlisle (31-6) vs. Central DeWitt (32-11)
7:30 p.m. — Pella (30-8) vs. Humboldt (25-7)
Friday’s semifinals (7/29)
11 a.m. — TBD
1:30 p.m. — TBD
Saturday’s championship (7/30)
5 p.m. — TBD

CLASS 4A STATE TOURNAMENT
Wednesday’s quarterfinals (7/27)
11 a.m. — Waukee (30-11) vs. Johnston (29-10)
1:30 p.m. — Cedar Rapids Prairie (35-6) vs. Davenport West (22-12)
5 p.m. — Iowa City West (33-6) vs. Cedar Rapids Jefferson (28-11)
7:30 p.m. — Des Moines Roosevelt (32-10) vs. Urbandale (29-10)
Friday’s semifinals (7/29)
5 p.m. — TBD
7:30 p.m. — TBD
Saturday’s championship (7/30)
7:30 p.m. — TBD

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State Baseball Tournament Quarterfinal: Don Bosco drops Tri-Center 11-1

Sports

July 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Don Bosco Dons got off to an early lead and never gave the lead back to defeat the Tri-Center Trojans 11-1, Saturday night at Principal Park to advance them to the semifinals of the Iowa High School Baseball Class 1A playoffs.  Don Bosco scored one run in the bottom half the first to get out to an early lead that started with Cade Schares getting hit by a pitch. Schares was brought Austin Miller’s single to shallow right.

Baylor Bedard got the start for Don Bosco and gave the Dons 5.1 strong innings of work where he allowed no runs from four hits and four walks, while striking out seven batters. The Dons opened it up in the bottom half of the second with five runs from three hits, two errors and two walks from starting pitcher Konnor Handy. Handy was chased after 2.1 innings of work where he allowed seven runs, five earned, from six hits and three walks, while striking out three.

Tri-Center was held scoreless until the top of the sixth when Handy ripped a single up the middle off Trever Brown that scored Kaleb Harrison who reached on a walk.  Don Bosco finished the game early in the bottom of the sixth by putting three runners across home plate to initiate the 10-run rule after five. Don Bosco will take on West Sioux Thursday at 1:30 in the second class 1A semifinal game.

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Gonzalez homers, Turner has 2 RBIs; Dodgers beat Cards 7-2

Sports

July 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adrian Gonzalez hit his eighth home run, red-hot Justin Turner got two more RBIs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat St. Louis 7-2 on Saturday night to end the Cardinals’ five-game winning streak. Turner’s two-run double capped a four-run third. He has 14 RBIs since the All-Star break.

Gonzalez’s 429-foot solo blast to center sparked a three-run sixth. Kenta Maeda (9-7) rebounded from a poor outing against Arizona on July 17, giving up two runs over 5 2/3 innings. Only one of the Cardinals’ first 15 batters was able to hit the ball out of the infield against the Japanese right-hander.

Maeda helped himself with an RBI bunt single to start the third-inning rally. Andrew Toles went 3 for 4 and scored once for the Dodgers. He has reached safely in nine of 10 games since being called up from the minors. Mike Leake (7-8) allowed seven runs — six earned — in six innings. He was victimized by a mental error on Maeda’s single when second baseman Greg Garcia failed to cover first on the bunt attempt.

Matt Adams homered for the second consecutive game. His blast to left in the fourth extended the Cardinals’ streak of home runs to 14 straight games. Aledmys Diaz reached safely for the 26th straight game with a first-inning single. Diaz’s streak is the second-longest by a Cardinals rookie since Albert Pujols had streaks of 30 and 48 games in 2001. The loss dropped St. Louis’ home record to 25-29.

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Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, July 24th 2016

News

July 24th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:40 a.m. CDT

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Mason City man sentenced to life in prison for killing a man during a home-invasion robbery when he was a teenager will now get a chance at parole. The Globe Gazette reports that District Court Judge James Drew signed an order Thursday amending Damion Seats’ sentence to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Seats’ original sentence was life in prison without the possibility of parole, but a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court ruling found that such sentences for juveniles are unconstitutional.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Some Waterloo residents are teaming up with a city council member in an effort to get security cameras installed around the city. Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that the group wants to model its plan on Dubuque’s, which installed cameras last year around the downtown area. Dubuque police say they were able to use video from the cameras last month to catch a gang leader linked to a number of crimes.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A state board has approved $405,000 in state tax incentives to help fund Cloverleaf Cold Storage’s planned $18 million warehouse expansion in Sioux City. The Sioux City Journal reports that the Iowa Economic Development Authority Board approved the incentives on Friday. Company officials say the addition will bolster warehouse space by 50 percent, or 140,000 square feet, allowing it to store more than 750 truckloads of refrigerated food products.

GRIMES, Iowa (AP) — Police in a suburban Des Moines city have identified a toddler found dead inside his home, alongside his unconscious mother. Police and medics responded to the Grimes home following a 911 call just after 10 a.m. Friday and say they found the body of 2-year-old Mason Wyckoff. His mother, 33-year-old Stephanie Erickson, was found unresponsive and take to a hospital is serious condition.

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JEWELL LOIS PAYTON, 89, of Harlan (Svcs. 7/26/16)

Obituaries

July 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

JEWELL LOIS PAYTON, 89, of Harlan, died Thursday, July 21st, at the Elm Crest Retirement Community. Graveside services for JEWELL PAYTON will be held 11-a.m. Tue., July 26th, at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Kirkman. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home is from 10-until 11-a.m. Tuesday.

JEWELL PAYTON is survived by:

Her sons – George Croft, of Pullman, WA. & Robert Croft, of Omaha.

3 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.

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LOTUS JEANETTE PAULSEN, 85, of Avoca (Svcs. 7/29/16)

Obituaries

July 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

LOTUS JEANETTE PAULSEN, 85, of Avoca, died Friday, July 22nd, at Myrtue Medical Center, in Harlan. Funeral services for LOTUS JEANETTE PAULSEN will be held 2-p.m Friday, July 29th, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Avoca has the arrangements.

The family will greet friends at the funeral home on Thursday, July 28th, from 5-until 8-p.m.

Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.

LOTUS PAULSEN is survived by:

Her daughters – Kathy (Gary) Soetmelk, of Avoca; Karen (Bill) Brandenburg, of Lake Forest, CA; Karla (David)  Christensen, of Clive, and Kerri (Marc) Mathews, of San Diego, CA.

Her sons – Neil (Deb) Paulsen, of Avoca, and Nolan (Lisa) Paulesen, of Omaha.

17 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.

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